Mediating Two Worlds: Cinematic Encounters in the Americas - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085170333X ISBN 13: 9780851703336

Publisher: BFI Publishing, 1993

Synopsis

This text examines how Latin America continues to be viewed and recreated by North American and European film-makers, from Raoul Walsh and John Sturges, to Sergei Eisenstein, Luis Bunuel and Werner Herzog. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the rich and complex development of Latin American cinema and television. It brings together specially commissioned essays from scholars in Latin America, North America and Europe to open up and explore the cultures of the Americas.

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About the Author

John King is Senior Lecturer in Latin American Cultural History at the University of Warwick. Manuel Alvarado is Head of Education in the Research Division of the British Film Institute. Ana M. Lopez is Associate Professor of Communications at Tulane University, where she teaches Film and Cultural Studies with a Latin American focus.

Edition details

• Publisher: BFI Publishing
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085170333X
• ISBN 13: 9780851703336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: King John, Etc., Lopez Ana M., Alvarado Manuel